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H. COCHRAN.

GAR SEAT.

No. 461,544. Patentef10ot.20, 1891.

2 Sheets-Sheet H. COCHRAN.

GAR SEAT.

- Patented Oct. Z0, 1891.

(No Model.)

Hlllllllm jllilllllll UNrTED STATES PATENT Cerros.

HENRY COCHRAN, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

.CAR-SEAT.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,544, dated October 20, 1891.

Application filed April 23, 1891. Serial No. 390,163. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY COCHRAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the conntyof Delaware and State of Penrisylvania, have invented a neuT and useful Car- Seat, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements vin car-seats.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide for horse, electric, steam, and other open cars a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable end panel adapted to be readily secured in place and capable of supporting a seat and the adjacent posts and enabling the same to successfully withstand the strains incident to their use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a car-seat provided with an end panel embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on line @c x of Fig. 2. Fig. et is a perspective view of the panel detached.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1l

designates an end panel constructed of suuitable material, preferably cast metal, and adapted to be secured to a side sill 2 of a car to support a seat 3 and to provide means for securing or stepping a side post 4 without recessing the sill of a car. The end panel is curved slightly longitudinally, it being curved outward from its bottom toward the top, and it is preferably reticulated or constructedl of openwork,the drawingsillustratingdiamondshaped openings 5. This open-work insures lightness and strengthand adds to the beauty and attractiveness of a car. The end panel will ontlast in durability one car and may then be secured to another car.

The bottom of the end panel is provided with an inwardly-extending flange 6, provided with perforations for the reception of bolts which secure the panel to the sill 2, and this flange also adds to the strength of the panel.

The post 4 has its lower port-ion 7 conforming to the configuration of the panel, being slightly curved, and the lower end of the post is stepped in a socket S, which is formed integral with the flange 6 and the panel and is rectangularin horizontal section. The curved portion 7 of the post is the weaker part and is the place where the post is liable to be broken, and the post is braced at this part by parallel ribs or flanges 9, which are formed integral with the panel and are arranged on the inner face of thesame and Aare formed by extensions of the sides of the socket 8. They are provided with perforations through which pass bolts for securing the post to the panel. The ribs or fianges 9 greatly add to the strength of the panel and render the same fully capable of successfully withstanding the strains incident to its use.

The seat 3 consists of slats lO and bars 11, which latter are secured to perforated lugs 12, formed integral with the panel and extending inward therefrom and arranged at the top near the sides. The slats l0 are supported by cross-pieces 13 ,which are secured to the bars 11 and are centrally supported by a board 1l, which is secured to the post 4.

On the inner face of the panel and on opposite sides of the ribs or flanges are sockets 15, which are formed integral with the panel and are horizontally disposed and are adapted for the reception of bars 16, which form footrests. nal or circular in cross-section, and the bars are secured in them by screws which pass through perforations of the sockets. The panel is solid and has no open portion opposite the sockets, as is the case where the bolts which secure the post and the bars 11 tothe panel pass through.

It will be seen that the end panel is simple,v

inexpensive, light, strong, and durable, and adapted to be readily and quickly secured to a sill of a car and is capable of supporting and bracing the seat and the post.

The sockets 15 are preferably polygo- From the foregoing description and the ac companying drawings the construction and advantages of the invention will readily be understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

By the use of my improvement mortising of the car-sills to receive the lower end of the post is obviated, thereby adding fifty per cent..

provided at its lower end with a flange 6 and having a vertical socket S formed integral with it and the flange, substantially as described.

2. An end panel constructed of metal and provided at its bottom with ahorizontal flange and having vertical parallel ribs or flanges formed integral with it and arranged to re-,

ceive the lower portion of a side post, substantially as described.

' 3. An end panel constructed of metal and provided at its bottom with the horizontal flange 6 and at its top with the lugs 12 and having vertical parallel flanges 9, substantially as described.

l. As a newarticle of manufacture, an end panel constructed of metal and having openings 5, the horizontal flange arranged at the bottom, the lugs 12, arranged at the top, the vertical socket 8, formed integral with the ange and the panel, the vertical parallel flanges or ribs 9, extending longitudinally of the panel and forming continuations to the sides of the socket S, and the sockets l5, arranged on opposite sides of the flanges, substantiall;T as described.

5. An end panel constructed of metal and HENRY COCHRAN.

Tit-nesses:

W. F. HIRoNs,

J. M. ALLEN. 

